Dysfunction of the posterior cruciate ligament in total knee arthroplasty

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 893-898

  Arbuthnot, James Edmund ^a,e   Wainwright, Olwyn ^b   Stables, Gareth ^c   Rathinam, Manickam ^b   Rowley, David I ^d   McNicholas, Michael J ^b  

^a SOLIHULL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Mersey Deanery Specialist Registrar Rotation   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AP laxity; Posterior cruciate ligament; Total knee arthroplasty; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956100595     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1234-x     Document Type: Article

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